From Jiu Shu's world

Henry Zhang didn’t know what was going on in their stockade, but if it was said that Aunt Yama tricked herself into coming here to see if she could help the stockade, then what made her make this decision?

Henry Zhang recalled some details of yesterday at the inn. Before the raccoon cat wanted to be sealed, although the old mother of Yama was weird, she was just a little withdrawn.It's just that I took the raccoon cat and gave it the way to practice, and Granny Yama changed her attitude the next day. Could it be that she fell in love with her own Taoism?

Although Henry Zhang didn't reveal much that night, only wizards in this Miaojiang area can know so many insider things, which is why Granny Yama fell in love with him.

Caifeng shook her head: "There has been a problem in the village for ten years. It's not a disease. Your medical skills are useless." Seeing that he healed the wound on her shoulder, Caifeng thought that the Han boy was a doctor. What Granny Ma fell in love with was his medical skills.

Henry Zhang heard the words and said with a smile: "I'm not a doctor. If it's true, in your words, I'm a wizard." As he spoke, three ghost stag beetles flew out and circled around Henry Zhang. Border land wizard is what they call practitioners.

"insanity?"

Caifeng could tell at a glance that it was a Gu, and it was different from the Gu raised by ordinary people. It was the kind of Gu that a wizard could control freely because of their mutual understanding.

"The land of Miaojiang is really good at raising Gu, and I recognized it at a glance."

Caifeng took a deep look at Henry Zhang, and said in a deep voice: "Brother Henry Zhang, if you have the ability to follow, you can come, but the situation in the village may be weirder than you think, you have to think clearly, in case Once there is danger, it is a waste of life."

Although Caifeng didn't even know what danger she was in, she could feel Longsang's fear, the most dangerous thing that Longsang was afraid of even a tiger.

Caifeng stood up slowly, picked up the medicine basket with one hand, waved and said affectionately: "Long Sang is gone, let's go home." Then he said without looking back: Brother Henry, if you want to see our stockade Whatever happens, follow along. "

What happened to this medicine cottage?Henry Zhang became more and more curious. Both Caifeng and Granny Yama seemed to know something, but they were half-knowledgeable. It seemed that it was up to him to know the secret.

Moreover, he faintly felt that there seemed to be something waiting for him in this medicine cottage, this was the first time he had such a feeling after breaking through the Yin God Realm.

Caifeng was injured, and although she recovered a little, she didn't walk fast.Long Sang crawled on the ground, followed Caifeng closely, and disappeared for a while from time to time. Henry Zhang could feel that this python named Long Sang was going to deter the hidden beasts.This is a strange thing, this python is clearly not a Gu, but it desperately protects Caifeng, it doesn't look like a cold-blooded animal at all.

Henry Zhang followed Caifeng for a long time, until he reached Sunset West Mountain, and only vaguely saw the medicine cottage that Caifeng said.This medicine cottage is already located in the depths of Yaoshan Mountain. Henry Zhang looked down on the hillside. This village is surrounded by mountains on three sides and can only be entered at the intersection in front of it. It is clearly a cottage hidden in the valley.

"Brother Henry Zhang, don't delay, the mountain road will be difficult to walk when the sun goes down." Caifeng turned her head and shouted at Henry Zhang, and the exchanges between the two along the way made each other a lot closer.

After hearing this, Henry Zhang went down the hill a little faster, and arrived at the gate of the stockade in a short while.

The gate of the cottage really surprised Henry Zhang. The gate of the village is not big. It is a wooden fence gate with a width of two meters and a height of three meters, but this gate is dilapidated. Although it has been repaired, it still looks very simple. It doesn't look like the gate of a village that is often inhabited.

Caifeng stepped forward and untied the rattan tied to the door, opened the door, and held the door with her right hand to give Henry Zhang a way to signal Henry Zhang to go in first.

"What? Is this door broken? I repaired it myself." Caifeng smiled.

Henry Zhang shook his head and did not answer. He always felt that there was some kind of complicated emotion hidden in Caifeng’s smile, not to mention how could anyone close the cottage door with a rattan that could be untied outside the door?

Henry Zhang walked in, but the sight he entered surprised him. This small stockade was a dilapidated scene. Forty or fifty wooden houses were collapsed, and those that were still standing were also Overgrown with vines and moss, the house was overgrown with short, tangled weeds.Only one house at the end of the village is intact, and peppers and garlic are hung on the eaves to add a little vitality to the village.

"Swish"

Suddenly there was movement in the grass, Henry Zhang looked vigilantly, and found that it was a colorful poisonous snake, and there were constant rustling sounds all around, and Henry Zhang discovered that there were snakes in this medicine cottage, big and small, on the ground, grass and eaves They are all snakes, big and small, all kinds.

Henry Zhang immediately summoned a swarm of bees, ready to deal with these snakes.Caifeng's voice suddenly came from behind: "Brother, wait a minute, these snakes won't hurt people."

Henry Zhang turned his head to look at Caifeng, and questioned: "The Gu snake you raised?"

Caifeng shook her head: "I didn't raise them, but they are afraid of Longsang."

Henry Zhang has more doubts in his heart, is there no one in the huge stockade?Why do so many snakes appear in the stockade?All the doubts seem to be focused on what happened to Yaoshanzhai ten years ago?Henry Zhang looked at Caifeng with a questioning look in his eyes.

Caifeng turned a blind eye to Henry Zhang's gaze, but walked ahead and led Henry Zhang to her hut. As for Longsang, he came to the group of snakes, raised his head and made a "hissing" sound, scaring off the group of snakes.

The hut at the end of the stockade is Caifeng’s residence. Caifeng entered the door and put the medicine basket aside, and said to Henry Zhang: “Sit down, there is nothing to entertain in the humble living.” While talking, she poured Henry Zhang a cup of tea .

When Caifeng also sat down, Henry Zhang held the tea and said lightly: "Now, you can tell what happened in your village."

Caifeng glanced at Longsang, stroked its head gently, her eyes blurred into memories, and said slowly: "The thing happened one night ten years ago."

Chapter 34 Cause and Effect

"Ten years ago, the Yaoshan Village was not as dilapidated as it is now. At that time, forty or fifty families of us lived together in the village, relying on the mountain to eat, and relying on the gifts of Yaoshan. We collected herbs for a living, and occasionally fought. Then I went down the mountain from time to time to sell the goods from the mountain to the merchants, in exchange for some living oil, salt, tea and rice, I think I was really comfortable at that time."

As Caifeng said, she remembered something and laughed.Henry Zhang asked, "What happened after that?"

"Later." Caifeng's smile gradually disappeared, her mood was low, and even a trace of fear flashed in her eyes.

After a while, she said slowly: "Later, everything changed. It all changed on that full moon night. In the middle of the night, I don't know which family in the village heard the woman's scream first, All the women wake up one night to find that the man beside them has disappeared and is replaced by a snake.

Some people picked up a machete and chopped off the snake's head, and some women ran out of the house in a panic. The whole village was in a mess, and there were women's screams everywhere. The village was full of poisonous snakes overnight, and all the men died. gone.Until a voice sounded. "

Henry Zhang faintly felt that something was wrong, but he still asked, "What sound?"

Caifeng smiled sadly, and said: "The voice was so loud and high-pitched that the whole village seemed to hear it. I remember that voice, it was the voice of Xiaodie who lived at the entrance of the village. At that time, she must have cried out. Yeah, it sounded terribly frightened, she yelled that my man had turned into a snake."

When Henry Zhang heard it, his expression changed, but Caifeng said that some women hacked snakes to death.

Caifeng saw Henry Zhang's expression change, shook his head, and a sad look appeared on his face: "It's terrible, isn't it? For the women in the village, that is the most terrible night, especially those women who hacked snakes to death. The second God knows the truth, they are almost crazy, holding a knife, looking in a trance, talking all day I killed my man, I killed my man."

Caifeng paused for a moment, took a sip of tea before continuing, as if recalling this story was too unkind to her, everything about her family and friends had changed.

"Later, those crazy women ran away, out of the village, out of Yaoshan. I don't know if they are really crazy or fake, but if they stay in this place, they will go crazy in the end."

When Caifeng said this, she let out a self-deprecating smile. The once peaceful and stable Yaoshan Village became like this overnight. Who can stand it and stay here?

Henry Zhang’s face was also not very good-looking, and a person turned into a snake overnight, which is not normal no matter how you think about it.Not to mention hearing stories about some women accidentally killing their relatives who turned into snakes. No one will feel good hearing this. It is a tragedy.

What's more, the Miao family women are strong-tempered, and most of them are not afraid of snakes, insects, rats and ants. I am afraid that there are many women who killed wrongly that night, let alone their husbands, and they may kill their sons.

Henry Zhang poured Caifeng a cup of tea, saw her slow down, and asked, "What happened later? What about those who stayed?"

Caifeng smiled wryly: "Stay here? All men have become snakes and have no income. Who can stay in the stockade if they are empty? At the beginning, we agreed to find a way to put our men in baskets and raise them together." Get up, and figure out how to change them back.

We, a dozen or so women, were divided into two groups, one group went down the mountain to seek medical treatment, and the other group searched for medicinal materials on this medicine mountain, hoping to find medicinal materials to cure our man one day.One day has passed, and we are still looking for it. Ten days, 20 days, one month, and one year have passed and we are still looking for it. "

Caifeng spoke very sadly, with a kind of helplessness in her words, looking aimlessly, as if it was a road with no end in sight.

"We don't dare to tell others about the village, so we can only think of a way secretly. But I don't know that from that day on, the wave of people who went down the mountain to seek medical treatment has returned less and less. That's right, no one has come back every day. I hope which woman can bear it?"

Seeing Caifeng’s depression, Zhang Xuan patted her on the shoulder and gave her comfort.

Caifeng shook her head and forced a smile: "I'm fine."

She paused, and continued with indescribable calm in her voice: "Several women guarded the village like this, guarding the man who turned into a snake, and that incident happened in the third year.

Among the few women who stayed behind, one of them probably felt that the snake was transformed by his own man, and after raising it for another three years, it should be fine.Before going to sleep, he forgot to close the lid of the snake basket, and was bitten to death by a poisonous snake crawling out at night.

As soon as this incident happened, the remaining women stopped talking and all ran away within three days.I remember that Xiaodie was the last one to leave. Before she left, she cried and said to me: Sister Caifeng, I really can’t hold on any longer. Ah Ge can’t change back, and so is Long Sang. Sister, come with me .Let's go together, it's not that we are sorry for them. "

When Caifeng said this, she smiled slightly, pretending to be relaxed: "Now, I'm the only one left in the whole village."

Henry Zhang looked complicated, just like Xiaodie said, they didn’t feel sorry for them.Whether it is the woman who accidentally killed her husband who turned into a snake or the woman who gave up on the way to persist and find the antidote.When the closest person becomes a strange and cold beast, everyone will be afraid and terrified, and the heart that has insisted, which comes from love or family affection, will eventually be wiped out one day.

Only the woman in front of me seems to be persisting day after day, year after year.It seems that today, she was also injured by the tiger in order to find medicine.In the past ten years, how many times has she encountered such a danger?